Youth asked to safeguard the integrity of the country’s cultural heritage

    

An administrator at the office of the Centre for National Culture, Bolgatanga, Helen Akanbon, has echoed the need for the youth to respect and safeguard the integrity of the country’s cultural heritage. She observed that youth of nowadays have come to embrace foreign lifestyles at the expense of the rich cultural norms and values, describing the trend as unfortunate. In an interview with Radio Ghana in Bolgatanga, Mrs Akanbon drew attention to some of the negativities that has characterised the existing cultural values and identified improper dressing as one of the major culture default that must be looked at and tackled with all the seriousness.  She said the youth who are the worst culprit, no more cherish the value system and have refuse to learn from their elders. According to her the manner at which some young people dress in public gives enough testimony that they have lost their sense of cultural identity. The practice, she underlined could spell doom for the future generation if nothing is done to bring about a change. Mrs Akanbon, in view of the situation called for attitudinal change and further challenged the youth to stick to the cultural value system. Parents, she also urged, should portray good moral values for their wards to emulate. Whilst advising parents to mould their children as per the tradition, Mrs Akanbon, also challenged them to instil discipline in their wards, saying posterity will judge them, if they fail to inculcate good moral values in them.

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